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Canine-centered interface design: supporting the work of diabetes alert dogs
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 20:24 authored by Charlotte RobinsonCharlotte Robinson, Clara Mancini, Janet van der Linden, Claire Guest, Robert HarrisMany people with Diabetes live with the continuous threat of hypoglycemic attacks and the danger of going into coma. Diabetes Alert Dogs are trained to detect the onset of an attack before the condition of the human handler they are paired with deteriorates, giving them time to take action. We investigated requirements for designing an alarm system allowing dogs to remotely call for help when their human falls unconscious before being able to react to an alert. Through a multispecies ethnographic approach we focus on the requirements for a physical canine user interface, involving dogs, their handlers and specialist dog trainers in the design process. We discuss tensions between the requirements for canine and the human users, argue the need for increased sensitivity towards the needs of individual dogs that goes beyond breed specific physical characteristics, and reflect on how we can move from designing for dogs to designing with dogs.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
CHI '14: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systemsPublisher
Association for Computing MachineryExternal DOI
Page range
3757-3766Event name
SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsEvent location
Toronto Ontario CanadaEvent type
conferenceEvent date
April, 2014Book title
Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '14Place of publication
New York, NY, United StatesISBN
9781450324731Department affiliated with
- Engineering and Design Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- Creative Technology Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes